Writers on Writing

Books #207

A weekly podcast hosted by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone on the art and business of writing.

Jess Walter, author of SO FAR GONE
Jun 2, 2025 – 01:00:41
Darrow Farr, author of THE BOMBSHELL
May 28, 2025 – 00:54:10
Richard Russo, author of LIFE AND ART: ESSAYS
May 19, 2025 – 01:02:11
Charlotte Wood, author of STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL
May 14, 2025 – 00:54:36
Vauhini Vara, author of SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE
May 6, 2025 – 00:55:24
Jennifer Haigh, author of RABBIT MOON
May 1, 2025 – 00:52:30
Andrew Porter, author of THE IMAGINED LIFE
Apr 21, 2025 – 00:55:14
Tova Mirvis, author of WE WOULD NEVER
Apr 15, 2025 – 01:03:50
Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of RUN AWAY WITH ME
Apr 7, 2025 – 01:09:34
Colum McCann, author of TWIST
Mar 31, 2025 – 01:01:24
Scott Turow, author of PRESUMED GUILTY
Mar 24, 2025 – 01:00:26
Charlotte McConaghy, author of WILD DARK SHORE
Mar 17, 2025 – 00:49:32
Eowyn Ivey, author of BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY
Mar 10, 2025 – 01:00:45
Adam Ross, author of PLAYWORLD
Mar 3, 2025 – 01:01:46
Laila Lalami, author of THE DREAM HOTEL
Feb 24, 2025 – 00:58:43
Tana French, author of THE HUNTER
Feb 17, 2025 – 00:59:44
Eric Puchner, author of DREAM STATE
Feb 10, 2025 – 00:59:11
Literary Agent Renee Fountain
Feb 2, 2025 – 01:05:00
Danielle Prescod, author of THE RULES OF FORTUNE
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:55:28
Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS (poetry)
Jan 23, 2025 – 01:06:31
Bradford Morrow, author of THE FORGER’S REQUIEM
Jan 13, 2025 – 01:02:34
Rebecca Renner, author of GATOR COUNTRY
Jan 9, 2025 – 01:15:14
Marrie Stone’s BEST OF 2024
Dec 30, 2024 – 01:09:06
Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Dec 24, 2024 – 00:54:23
Karl Marlantes, author of COLD VICTORY
Dec 16, 2024 – 00:52:38
Caroline Leavitt, author of DAYS OF WONDER
Dec 9, 2024 – 00:53:38
Suzanne Redfearn, author of TWO GOOD MEN
Dec 2, 2024 – 00:56:35
Susan Minot, author of DON’T BE A STRANGER
Nov 26, 2024 – 01:06:50
Coco Mellors, author of BLUE SISTERS
Nov 18, 2024 – 01:05:39
Nicola Yoon, author of ONE OF OUR KIND
Nov 12, 2024 – 00:44:49
Alice McDermott, author of ABSOLUTION
Nov 4, 2024 – 00:59:07
Jo Hamya, author of THE HYPOCRITE
Oct 29, 2024 – 01:03:15
Zoe Whittall, author of WILD FAILURE
Oct 21, 2024 – 00:58:18
Jean Hanff Korelitz, author of THE SEQUEL
Oct 14, 2024 – 00:50:52
Jonathan Lethem, author of BROOKLYN CRIME NOVEL
Oct 7, 2024 – 00:54:26
Jenna Satterthwaite, literary agent and author of MADE FOR YOU
Oct 1, 2024 – 01:01:58
Alice Hoffman, author of WHEN WE FLEW AWAY: A NOVEL OF ANNE FRANK BEFORE THE DIARY
Sep 23, 2024 – 00:57:14
Special show with hybrid and indie authors
Sep 16, 2024 – 01:24:29
Elizabeth Strout, author of TELL ME EVERYTHING
Sep 9, 2024 – 00:59:57
Patricia Engel, author of THE FARAWAY WORLD (stories)
Sep 2, 2024 – 00:49:15
Ben Shattuck, author of THE HISTORY OF SOUND
Aug 26, 2024 – 01:06:42
Sarah Pearse, author of THE WILDS
Aug 19, 2024 – 00:56:35
Julia Phillips, author of BEAR
Aug 12, 2024 – 00:58:36
Flynn Berry, author of TRUST HER
Aug 6, 2024 – 00:53:34
Kimberly McCreight, author of LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
Jul 29, 2024 – 01:00:47
Jill Ciment, author of the memoir, CONSENT
Jul 24, 2024 – 01:01:07
Teddy Wayne, author of THE WINNER
Jul 22, 2024 – 00:53:00
Kevin Barry, author of THE HEART IN WINTER
Jul 15, 2024 – 01:00:39
Dawn Tripp, author of the novel JACKIE
Jul 8, 2024 – 01:05:48
Joyce Maynard, author of HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
Jul 1, 2024 – 01:01:54

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